exstructio
From LSJ
διαφέρει δὲ ἡ κωμῳδία τῆς τραγῳδίας, ὅτι ἡ μὲν κωμῳδία ἀπὸ γέλωτος εἰς γέλωτα καταλήγει, ἡ δὲ τραγῳδία ἀπὸ θρήνου εἰς θρῆνον → comedy is different from tragedy, because comedy tapers off from laughter into laughter, but tragedy from lament into lament
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
exstructĭo: (extr-), ōnis, f. exstruo,
I a building up, erecting, structure.
I Prop. (rare but class.): tectorum, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: contecti eā exstructione, quae sit ad memoriam aeternitatis, id. Phil. 14, 13, 34. —With gen.: vallorum, Vulg. Ezech. 17, 17.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>: fastigiorum, Vitr. 7, 1 med. —*
II Transf., an adorning, Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 3.
